Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/6/1998

Commonwealth v. Lopez

Citations

426 Mass. 657
690 N.E.2d 809
1998 Mass. LEXIS 41

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noting that record \may be reconstructed\ or motion may proceed \on a basis extrinsic to the unavailable contemporaneous record\ [citation omitted]
allowing collateral attack based on allegedly deficient plea proceeding, provided defendant meets initial burden of rebutting presumption of regularity attached to final judgment of conviction
following Parke to apply Boykin burden on post-conviction petitioner who filed his state petition for post-conviction relief to challenge old guilty pleas that had recently been used to enhance a federal sentence
following Parke to apply Boykin burden on post-conviction petitioner who filed his state petition for post-conviction relief to challenge old guilty pleas that had recently been used to enhance a federal sentence
explaining effect of \presumption of regularity\ on defendant's burden of proof under rule 30[b]
referring to a defendant's dilatoriness in not directly challenging his plea

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